11/14/09 - Special Western - 2 CC stops PART2

[sandiegosusie]

Happy Turkey Day!! I found out at 6pm last night that no one was doing Thanksgiving, so we're cooking now. At least it's only the 5 of us & MAYBE my MIL/FIL (they were a bit wishy washy last night). Had to run out at 8pm to get a turkey, etc. UGH!!

Anyone shop tomorrow for Black Friday? I've got all my fliers ready and where I'm going. I'm not hard core though. I go when I get up (~5/5:30). I have a friend who's not even going to sleep tonight. Crazy.

I did a commando Black Friday trip! I went to Gymboree at 11:30 p.m.. Then hit TRU, big mistake! Then Target...Justice...Active...wrapped it up with a free cookbook from Costco in the morning. I took a nap at 10:00 a.m. and slept until 1 p.m. I WILL NEVER DO BLACK FRIDAY AGAIN! I am way to old to pull all nighters!

 

[glindamood]

I did a commando Black Friday trip! I went to Gymboree at 11:30 p.m.. Then hit TRU, big mistake! Then Target...Justice...Active...wrapped it up with a free cookbook from Costco in the morning. I took a nap at 10:00 a.m. and slept until 1 p.m. I WILL NEVER DO BLACK FRIDAY AGAIN! I am way to old to pull all nighters!

You are NOT old - I have met you and that is not the case. But, I also don't do all that "in the middle of the night" shopping. Drew and I went and got David a gift Friday morning - left around 7:00am and home by 8:00am. Not bad - now if the snoop stays out of it but it is pretty large to hide.

Not much else happening here - snow is almost gone. Drew left yesterday, Nick and Cara will be stopping by for lunch (or that is what I think) and Ben and Kristie travel home today from Ohio. No Christmas decorations here yet - and maybe not until Drew gets back home on the 18th. I did get 3 of my Santas out and they are on the ice chest by the front door but that has been my big move in that direction. Since I am still working on cruise laundry - it isn't real high on my list. To top it off, I am not feeling all that well either so slow and steady is my mantra.

 

[scootch]

any trip reports from this cruise? We were suppose to go on it and then our plans changed... just wondered.

 

[SJSH Mom]

When on board, we re-booked another double dip cruise but did not purchase the insurance through Disney as I wanted to price other companies out....when is the last day that I can purchase the travel insurance through DCL vs an independant company???

Any good ones out there? I have only used DCL.

And if we re-booked and I used a DU TA and asked for her to be by agent again, do I get an email from the TA to confirm that they got it?
Thanks!

 

[mousemom11]

When on board, we re-booked another double dip cruise but did not purchase the insurance through Disney as I wanted to price other companies out....when is the last day that I can purchase the travel insurance through DCL vs an independant company???

Any good ones out there? I have only used DCL.

And if we re-booked and I used a DU TA and asked for her to be by agent again, do I get an email from the TA to confirm that they got it?
Thanks!

I use http://www.insuremytrip.com. Depending on the policy, you need to purchase it within 14-21 days of booking to get the pre-existing condition waiver. If you're not sure about which policy, call the toll-free number. Their representatives are very knowledgeable and helpful.

 

[TinLizzy90]

Thanks for the info on Trip Insurance! I was really sad to read about the accident in Mexico.

Good to see that people had a good thanksgiving. I finally finished my cruise laundry last night, since we were out of town most of the weekend.

I wanted to say thank you for all the awesome FE gifts Sean and I received. We got so excited about checking our fishy for treats, and we were impressed with the wide variety of creative things that people did. We shared some of our fishy gifts with his neice and nephew on Thanksgiving, along with some gifts we'd picked up at Disney World in October...certainly kept them occupied until dinner was served!

We ended up rebooking an Eastern for 2011. Wanted to book the Dream, but 5 days is not long enough, and we don't sail during school breaks, anyway. So...looking forward to booking the Fantasy when we cruise in 2011.

 

[LindaBabe]

Here's the video of when we told Emma and Dottie about the cruise.

http://travel.webshots.com/video/3099932190031912139KXKxvV

That is too cute! If that little one's face got any redder, you'd think it was her shirt!

Can't believe you were able to keep that secret for so long

 

[Princess Momma X2]

Hi all! We had an awesome time! Don't think I'll have time to do a TR. My facebook page has our pics. PM me for the address if you would like to see them.

 

[big jack 2002]

Great, great pictures. That was such a good vacation!!!
Thanks for posting them.
Barbara

 

[binky1]

And if we re-booked and I used a DU TA and asked for her to be by agent again, do I get an email from the TA to confirm that they got it?
Thanks!

If you don't hear from DU within the next couple of days, just contact your TA to confirm that they got it - provide them with your Disney contract#. I hadn't heard anything so I just contacted Tracy directly and she took care of it for me. (And I got the double $200 onboard account credit - woohoo!)

No, I haven't posted my pictures/TR/anything up yet either. DH is off to Sweden for another 2 weeks and I'm still sorting out cruise stuff!!

Cheers everyone!!
Lisa

 

[sransdell]

I just wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting some of you at the meet! I know we didn't get to spend much time with most of you (and lots of y'all I didn't ever really meet), but we enjoyed what we did.

To Branda (sransdell), I'm YOUR SM. I hope you enjoyed your gifts...I sure enjoyed picking them out

Thanks, Housecat for the wonderfull Secret Mickey gifts. I loved them all. I'm so sorry we didn't get to meet. Well, maybe on the next cruise. Please promise me there will be a next cruise. PLEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!

 

[sransdell]

We want to thank everyone for the FE gifts. Allison LOVED finding goodies in them! We also enjoyed meeting everyone that we had a chance to meet. It was truly a wonderful group!

Steve - so glad Lauren & Allison got along so well! We'll look you and Brenda up on facebook

Connie - glad you all made it home safely too. We enjoyed spending time with you Sean and Allison. Lauren cried on the car ride home from the airport because she missed Allison so much. I hope Allison enjoyed her time with Lauren just as much.

I told Lauren that maybe we would go visit the west coast one day or maybe you could come visit Washington. Maybe one day we'll meet again.

All our best to everyone there!

-Steve

 

[LindaBabe]

That had to be the best cruise EVER!

Virginia, I have wedding photos for you!

Finally got everything washed, sorted, put away, etc. So started my scrapbook pages this after noon. Boy we sure had fun.

Hope everyone is well, now that you're back to the daily grind!

 

[Fivepin]

Hi Everyone-

We made it back safe and sound. We had a wonderful time and the boys had fun with all the FE stuff. Thank you all for the great FE gifts. We loved everything. They especially loved the chalkboard and the mini lights. I know we didn't meet up with everybody, but it was great meeting those we did. That's what makes the trip.

A special thank you to my SM Virginia-I loved everything. I did have to share the Reeses with Zachary.

Another special thank you to Linda. Your gift really meant a great deal to me. Thank you for doing that. BTW-our group photo from the last nite from our camera came out blurry. How was yours?

Valarie-Christopher's teacher loved the book. Thanks again for signing.

We hope to meet up with you again on another cruise.

 

[LindaBabe]

Another special thank you to Linda. Your gift really meant a great deal to me. Thank you for doing that. BTW-our group photo from the last nite from our camera came out blurry. How was yours?

Valarie-Christopher's teacher loved the book. Thanks again for signing.

We hope to meet up with you again on another cruise.

Have to go look for that photo - haven't even started printing this cruises' photos yet. Fortunately, walgreens is having another sale this week!

 

[Woobie]

Hi Everyone-

We made it back safe and sound. We had a wonderful time and the boys had fun with all the FE stuff. Thank you all for the great FE gifts. We loved everything. They especially loved the chalkboard and the mini lights. I know we didn't meet up with everybody, but it was great meeting those we did. That's what makes the trip.

BTW-our group photo from the last nite from our camera came out blurry. How was yours?

Valarie-Christopher's teacher loved the book. Thanks again for signing.

We hope to meet up with you again on another cruise.

Thanks for letting me know on both counts!

Most of our photos were blurry. I should have trusted my gut and set my own camera to where I thought it should go each time. I listened to DH, though, b/c he's usually right about such things. Not this time.

I thought you all were chatty! I can't keep up w/my next cruise thread. I guess many of the folks on the Turkey Day sailing signed up for the 8/16/11 5 day Dream double dip. Can I persuade any of you to join??

Val

 

[LindaBabe]

Love to, Val, but I think the PC is going to take all my travel resources for the next couple years.

The photo I got of you and Fivepin's son came out NICE and clear, lol.

 

[Woobie]

Virginia, I have wedding photos for you!

I'd love to see wedding pictures (hint hint).

Virginia - Do you have a Macy's around you? Did you get to take advantage of their promo last week (past weekend?). They were giving away gift cards to anyone named Virginia (ID required). Sorry I missed telling you in time.

Val

 

[LindaBabe]

pm me your email, Val. I'll share them on snapfish with you.

Judy, I don't seem to have one of you guys with the servers on my camera. Isn't that annoying!

 

[Hypermommy]

Leave it to me to be good and late! I was just thinking last night... last weekend is the first weekend that I've had absolutely nothing major or must-do planned for quite a while. No wonder I sat around all day and did absolutely nothing!

I just wanted to thank everyone for making this such a wonderfully magical dream of a cruise! The FE gifts, the SM stuff and just meeting all of you and having such a good time.... I just had the best time ever!! In fact, it was so good, I'm almost at a loss for words

KC has started a TR and I get in there every now and again with pictures and such. If you're interested in wasting a bit of time, the link is in my sig (KC & The Double Dipping Band). Or if you just want to see the pics we took they're at http://picasaweb.google.com/hypermommy.duggan/200911Cruise#

Again - thanks soooooo much for making it sooooooooooooo much fun!